Overlap between eQTL and QTL associated with production traits and fertility in dairy cattle

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Overview of selected intervals based on the p-value of the correlation between local GEBV and gene expression, and the variance explained by the interval

cell type	trait	nSel	FDR	nInt	nGenes	%var
milk	milk	92	0.06	38	33	0.10
	fat	94	0.06	42	37	0.13
	prot	100	0.06	39	34	0.17
	fat%	70	0.08	28	27	0.09
	prot%	92	0.06	33	32	0.44
	fert	72	0.08	29	27	0.03
blood	milk	420	0.01	126	108	0.36
	fat	466	0.01	162	121	2.54
	prot	466	0.01	139	114	1.06
	fat%	414	0.01	136	118	0.62
	prot%	466	0.01	147	120	2.57
	fert	391	0.01	135	116	0.11

nSel = number of correlations between local GEBV and gene expression with a p-value ≤10^− 5, FDR false discovery rate, nInt number of selected unique non-overlapping intervals, nGenes number of unique genes selected, %var. variance explained by the selected unique non-overlapping intervals as percentage of the sum of the variance explained by the non-overlapping intervals that explained the most variance, milk milk yield, fat fat yield, prot protein yield, fat% fat percentage, prot% protein percentage, fert fertility

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